Carnal Urges Quotes

“Men say they love a strong woman, right up until they meet one.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I pause, examining his expression. “Why are you so quiet?” “I don’t plan murder out loud.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“You own me, Sloane. Every corner of my worthless black soul. Every piece of my corrupt black heart. You own it all, and you always will. I’m your slave, not the other way around. Never forget it.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Wait. I forgot. She’s not a woman. She’s a raging banshee who eats men’s sanity for supper.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Take a deep breath and remember who the fuck you are.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I throw my hands in the air. “I’m not invincible!” “So that deal you made with the devil for the power to kill with run-on sentences didn’t include immortality?”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I’m sorry I said that thing about burying the knife in your skull. I didn’t mean it.” “You did.” “Okay, that’s true. But I would’ve regretted it if I did. I would’ve cried really hard at your funeral.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I make the best use of what’s in my power, and take the rest as it happens.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“If I was never knocked down, I’d never have discovered the strength it took to stand back up. And to keep getting up after every future kick, knowing that I could.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Wrong. Trust is a decision. You can make it between breaths.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I should’ve known. The hotter a man is, the faster you should run away from him. A beautiful man is a bottomless pit your self-worth can disappear into and never be seen again.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Okay. You go first. Do you really think I look like a camel?’ “No. I think you look like Rockefeller Center at Christmas, Japan in cherry blossom season, and the thousand vivid shades of green in the wild moors of Northern Ireland, all rolled into one.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I’ve learned that no matter how well you think you know yourself, you can still be surprised. You can’t control what moves you. The only thing in your control is the choice over whether or not you surrender to it.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Here are the rules.” Rules. For me? Hilarious. But I’m pretending to be cooperative, so I sit patiently and listen instead of laughing in his face. “One: I don’t tolerate disobedience. If I give you an order, you follow it.” Magic Eight Ball says: outlook not so good.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Shaking my head, I say, “I feel sorry for his mother. She should’ve swallowed instead.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Tell me what you’re thinking, baby.” “I’m thinking we’re a couple of lunatics.” That makes him chuckle. “Aye. But my crazy matches your crazy. That’s why it works.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Because she’s indestructible, like Styrofoam peanuts.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Yes. The principle. I only have a few of them, but they’re airtight. One is that I don’t cause other people’s suffering if I can help it. Another is that I own my shit. I don’t blame anyone else but me for what goes wrong in my life.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“I watch him go through the preflight checks with a deep sense of awe. I thought he was pretty macho before, but this… Well, this wins the macho war. My ovaries are screaming in glee like a bunch of playground kids on sugar highs.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Then he says gruffly, “Please don’t freeze me out. Be angry all you want, but don’t shut down on me. I need you right now. I won’t be able to think straight if you don’t communicate with me.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“You can’t control what moves you. The only thing in your control is the choice over whether or not you surrender to it.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“No man could ever really own her. Like all unbroken spirits, she can’t be claimed.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“there are way too many little girls who’re being taught to smother their fire and stamp out their light so they can seem smaller to people who are scared of how big they really are. Or how big they could be, if only someone believed in them.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“The more you try to believe in yourself, the more you actually do. Your mental self-talk is very powerful. You have to keep it positive.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“But I'll still be trying to scrub your face and your taste and your sweet voice from my mind fifty years from now, because I already know nothing else will ever be able to compare to you. Nothing and no one will ever come close.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“He has no idea what’s happening. Honestly, there’s nothing more adorable than a befuddled man. Especially when they’re huge and armed.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“No. I think you look like Rockefeller Center at Christmas, Japan in cherry blossom season, and the thousand vivid shades of green in the wild moors of Northern Ireland, all rolled into one.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“Boyfriends are like koi fish: a time-consuming and boring hobby.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges

“You're about as charming as herpes.”
― J.T. Geissinger, Carnal Urges